Negative gearing is commonly used throughout Australia as it provides individuals with an opportunity to make an investment that wouldn’t necessarily be afforded otherwise. Put simply, negative gearing is when an individual funds an investment using debt financing, and this is offset in individual tax returns.
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Bankwest has just announced that it will lift its variable home loan rates.
Bankwest today announced it will increase interest rates by 18basis points across its variable home loan portfolio, effective 17 November 2015.
Is it time to review your Home Loan ?
http://www.1300whatloan.com/news/bankwest-bank-increases-interest-rates

Last major banks announces variable rate rises
The last of the four major banks has decided to increase variable rates on owner occupied and investment home loans.
ANZ by 0.18%
NAB by 0.17%
CBA by 0.15 %
The Reserve Bank of Australia still has Interest rates at its lowers in decades at 2%. BUT with the Banks variable rates going up is it time to review your mortgage and see what options their is ?
Please feel free to contact us if you want an obligation free review of your loan...

Promotional interest rate drop to 3.99% p.aING DIRECT announced enhancements to the current Orange Advantage interest rate promotion, dropping the variable interest rate to 3.99% p.a. (comparison rate 4.19% p.a.) and removing the loan amount threshold of $500,000.They also have our 1% cash back on monthly mortgage repayments of up to $3,000 promotion. All that is required is for customers to:
Hold an Orange Advantage Home Loan and an Orange Everyday account
Deposit their salary of $1,000 or ...

The same day the RBA leaves rates alone at 2%. What has your bank do?
http://www.1300whatloan.com/news/same-day-the-rba-leaves-rates-alone-what-has-your-bank-do
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This is so simple it's just wonderful, no laptops, no spreadsheets, no headaches, just a simple no fuss way to get control over your finances. Watch and see how simple this is:
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For many people the simple way is the best way to start, if you don't know where your money is going every month, that's a big problem. It can be a real headache to sit down at a computer after a long days work and type in amounts from dockets, or worse, from memory, espe...

CreditSavvy.com.au launches today, providing Australians with free access to their credit score and resources to understand and manage their credit reputations. This free consumer initiative is backed by Aussie Home Loans, which has long been an advocate of empowering consumers and helping them get a better deal.
Founder and Executive Chairman of Aussie, Mr John Symond AM, said “Consumers need to be on the front foot when it comes to understanding and managing their credit reputation. It ...

Heres a roundup of whats making headlines this week:
Mortgage brokerage on top
Broker News Australia
Aussie Home Loans took out the Mortgage Broker of the Year award for the seventh year running at the 2014 Asia-Pacific Banking & Finance Magazine Awards.
Pending Home Sales Miss Expectation
Business Insider Australia
Pending home sales climbed 0.4% month-over-month in April. This missed expectations for a 1% rise. On the year, pending home sales were down 9.4% worse than expectation...

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